Zao Zhi looked at the three or two big cats and kittens taking the exam in the audience, scratching his head somewhat.
Why is one fat and four fat?
Zao Zhi turned to look at Jia Xu, but saw a somewhat complicated look on Jia Xu's calm face.
Jia Xu didn't say much. In this exam, Zao Zhi was the examiner, and Jia Xu was just cooperating.
Zao Zhi looked at the students in the field, nodded, and announced the start of the exam.
Perhaps in some people's perception, there is a linear relationship between payment and reward, that is, how much you pay, how much you get in return. This does make some sense, but sometimes this is not the case.
It's like the imperial examination.
The rewards from the imperial examination are a bit like stages.
For candidates, studying hard does pay off, but it does not mean that one book will be rewarded after reading one book. The rewards can only be seen after reaching a certain stage.
Therefore, the current imperial examination is also a stage for Fei Qian. He sends people to various counties to hold the county examination, but it is not that after sending people, you can see the progress bar increasing there.
, and then the percentage changes linearly every day, but we have to wait for a stage to know the final result, and then whether the result is consistent with the original expectation, it is not a linear relationship.
Just like the problem of Hedong having Hedong, and the problem of Longyou having Longyou.
Zao Zhi is in charge of Longyou.
In Hedong, Sima Yi encountered the problem of too many people coming, and as a result, he was not fully prepared. However, it was completely different in Longyou.
Few people come.
At such a young age, Zao Zhi himself had some doubts. Could it be that the county magistrates and village elders under Longyou didn't do anything, and they weren't notified at all, so many people didn't know about it?
But after some investigation, Zao Zhi discovered that this was not actually the case, but that there really was no one.
There are no scholars.
Reading also takes time, especially if you want to read a book well, it takes even more time.
It’s not even just a matter of personal time, but time that the whole family needs to squeeze out.
Jincheng is very large, an important town in Longyou, and the reference number is small, so there is no situation like Hedong Anyi where people have no place to live. However, it has only been many years. It can even be said that the entire Han Dynasty has created the world in three or four hundred years.
The Longyou imperial examination attracted many ordinary people, and foreigners joined in the fun in their spare time.
Outside the examination room, there was a bustle of people selling items and discussing the examination, it was like a grand festival.
But Zao Zhi felt that with just such a small number of people, how could it be like a festival?
Jincheng also deployed a lot of patrol inspectors and soldiers to stand outside the examination room to maintain order.
After leaving the busy streets and entering the government office, after passing through the layers of doors and courtyard walls, it suddenly became quiet and the hustle and bustle was isolated.
Inside the examination room, it was extremely quiet, with only a few sounds of paper and clothes, and even breathing seemed to be light.
Because the number of people is relatively small, it can be accommodated in the government office square, so it was not moved to any other location. The environment inside the government office is of course much better than in other places.
Under the guidance of soldiers and servants, the students taking the exam were divided into six rows in the square.
There were soldiers on duty around the square, and there were many scribes patrolling the square.
Under such an environment, any small thoughts will be very obvious. If you make any big moves, you will be warned. If you still think about making small moves, you will be taken away directly.
Therefore, even if there are no strict inspections like Chang'an's, there will not be any major fraud problems.
Actually speaking, it is because there are few people.
There are just a few of them, all right under their noses, how can they commit fraud?
It's like the kind of exam in later generations where thousands of people take exams, and then a dozen or dozens of people go on patrol, and then there is room for cheating. Now around Jincheng Square, there are soldiers, servants, scribes, scribes, etc.
It cannot be said that there are more students than those who take exams. Each student is patrolled by several or even dozens of eyes at any time. Under such circumstances, if he can still take a peek with a cheat sheet or perform other actions, he would be truly a hero.
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The exam questions are actually not difficult.
At least Zao Zhi thought it was not difficult, but when he saw the students in the examination room, many of them had bitter expressions on their faces.
So much so that Zao Zhi once suspected that he had made a mistake in the question.
Although Zao Zhi's question is different from Sima Yi's, it is also based on Chang'an's previous model. The first part is the dictation of the scriptures, specifying a certain paragraph, and then asking the candidates to dictate and explain the dictated paragraph.
the meaning of.
The other part is policy analysis.
The entire exam lasts for a whole day, which is longer than that of Hedong. Well, it is not considered a complete day. It starts from the morning to the evening, and the papers are collected before the sun goes down. During the exam, you can take two days off.
times, no more than two quarters each time. During the rest time, you can eat snacks, drink water, change clothes, etc. There are also dedicated people responsible for guarding and patrolling the corridors and side rooms on one side of the square.
If someone needs to go to the toilet to relieve themselves or something, they have to ask for instructions, and there are dedicated people following them every time. Whether it is for major or minor relief, these people are always there.
The spare food in the room is also simple dry buns, water, and pickles. There are also dedicated people standing aside and watching.
No one handed in their papers in advance, and most of the candidates turned in their papers one after another until dusk.
There were also two or three individuals who had to put their heads almost on the table because of the increasingly insufficient light, writing something in a hurry...
Zao Zhi couldn't bear it, sighed, discussed with Jia Xu, and asked his servants to prepare candles, light them, cover them with a cover, and put them on the tables of those people. It was considered as the last extra time for them.
When the fire burned out, it was the last moment for them to hand in their papers.
By the time the papers were collected and handed over to Jia Xu and Zao Zhi, the sunset had already set.
Strictly speaking, the examination currently being carried out by Feiqin in the surrounding counties is somewhat more difficult than the boy examination, but it is not yet to the level of a scholar.
In the eyes of future generations, a scholar seems to be a very low-level person. Well, it cannot be said to be a low-level person. Perhaps it is more appropriate to use a low-level term. It is just a starting point for taking the imperial examination. But in fact, in ancient times, many people ended their lives in
In this low-level position.
Just like Zao Zhi thought that the questions he asked were very easy and simple, and most people would not get stuck on such low-level questions. However, when he actually got the paper, he found that almost half of the people were accurate.
It should be said that about 40% of the people were eliminated from the first question.
The imperial examination in any feudal dynasty is like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge.
But in the early days of the imperial examination, the bridge deck was still relatively wide, or there were not many people who wanted to cross the bridge.
Before Zao Zhi came to Longyou, he knew a little bit about Longyou's situation, so the topics he set were not difficult. In other words, the bridge was not very narrow. Even the topics he proposed were close to the topic.
The situation of Yu Longyou.
Policy discussion, the so-called "policy" is to pick an issue in current affairs, and then propose a solution to the problem. And "discussion" is to discuss or comment on previous or current controversial matters.
.This policy is easy to say, because sometimes it does not need to involve specific matters in detail, and it only needs to be explained with facts. But it is difficult to say, after all, people without practical experience can easily fall into it.
In the midst of falsehood, a few slogans are shouted without finding out the real useful points.
The topic of the policy discussion proposed by Zao Zhi is about "pacifying the herdsmen".
This is almost consistent with the current main policy direction of Longyou, and it is also an area where problems have repeatedly occurred in Longyou over the years. Therefore, normally this topic is very experienced for people in Longyou, at least not
Will be at a loss.
What type of questions would make people in Longyou confused?
For example, "controlling floods".
There are rivers in Longyou, but floods are rare. Most of the time, drought is a problem rather than flood control.
If we say that the topic of "Controlling Floods" is wrong, it is not. Because it is a matter of national importance, such as Sangzi, how can we say it is a wrong topic?
However, if the students from Longyou are tested on "controlling floods", then even if these students from Longyou who have no experience or feelings about floods can write, most of them will be just an article shouting slogans.
All the beautiful flowers are useless.
The policy topic of "pacifying the herdsmen" is obviously very suitable for Longyou.
But even so, Zao Zhi still couldn't help but sigh when he saw the answer sheets of these students.
Policy theory does not require writing poems. Well, of course, if you can be like Zhang Heng, Jia Yi, Ban Gu and others, who can not only speak meaningfully, but also explain profound principles, and at the same time can consolidate the rhythm of the text and achieve high literary talent, then it will really
It's just excellent.
But in the three to four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, how many people wrote Han Fu, and how many could reach the level of Zhang Jia?
Therefore, Zao Zhi's requirements for these students' policy discussions are that their words are meaningful and their sentences are smooth.
pity……
Even such a request seems too high.
Zao Zhi had read several policy papers in succession, and then he read the beginning and closed his eyes.
Later, when I opened the webpage, the screen was full of shocked people. Then I clicked on it, and it seemed that I had said a lot, but it didn't seem to say anything at all. In the end, I even pretended to have a summary, but in the end, it was all clichés, and there were still more at the end.
I'm lying again, "That's all the editor said, what do you think, please leave a comment".
Similar to this kind of shock body, although it is said that they are all scams, at least these editors are trying their best to round it, no matter whether it is rounded well or not, but you can see the strength of breaking it back, but Zao
Only the policy papers I saw right now were off track from the very beginning, and they were still running away without any intention of looking back...
Zao Zhi sighed, silently put down the paper in his hand, turned around and asked Jia Xu, "Wenhe, is there something wrong with my question...this paper...?"
Jia Xu was silent for a while, and then said to Zao Zhi: "Today is too late. Tomorrow, tomorrow I will take you around... then you will understand..."
The next day.
Xiahe Village.
There are not a dozen villages in China with random names like this, but probably seven or eight.
Because it relies on an unknown small river, it is called Xiahe Village.
There is also a smaller village on the top of the mountain called Shanghe Village.
But what is very interesting is that the river near the village is not called a river, but it is called Mingxi.
It really can't be called a river, after all, the river is too shallow and too small.
Zao Zhi got off his horse by the river, then asked the guards to take the horses to drink water, while going up the hillside. Looking at the river water not far away, which was probably only more than ankle deep, he frowned slightly, "There is no need to build channels for this river water."
...I guess there will be no water this winter... It would be nice to build a few reservoirs..."
In this regard, Zaozhi is professional.
Jia Xu was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that this was Zao Zhi's first thought when he arrived here.
But what Zao Zhi said is not wrong at all.
This should be a river, or stream, that meanders out of the snow-capped mountains. After the underground river flows, it emerges from the top of the mountain and becomes the source of life here. The amount of water changes seasonally, and the ice and snow freeze in autumn and winter.
If there is snow on the snow-capped mountains, doesn’t it mean that the flow is cut off downstream?
Zao Zhi did not know the specific origin of this river, but he had rich agricultural experience, so even when he came here for the first time, he could see the agricultural difficulties here.
Animal husbandry and agriculture are very different in terms of demand conditions.
Especially the demand for water sources.
Agriculture requires too much water, much more than animal husbandry. It is mainly used for irrigation. If crops do not have enough water, they will not be able to take root, germinate, and grow, let alone produce seeds when needed.
Grouting, anyway, almost as long as you plant crops, you need water all the time. However, it is obvious that there is not much river water here, so there are not many acres that can be cultivated, or that can be supported.
And in the surrounding area, just on the road that Zao Zhi came here, there are also villages that are far away from water sources, and all water for plants and animals, as well as people and animals, depends on carrying and pulling water.
In such a village, even its survival depends on God's favor.
Differences in living conditions lead to inconsistencies in survival costs.
Longyou and Hedong are inconsistent.
"Shall we go to the village now?" Zao Zhi asked.
Jia Xu shook his head and said, "We are right here...we just need to look at these people...don't bother them..."
"..." Zao Zhi looked at the people in the village not far away.
Looking down from the hillside, you can generally see the entire village.
Apparently someone in the village had spotted Zao Zhi Jia Xu and his party, but Zao Zhi Jia Xu had no intention of entering the village, and no one in the village came out to greet them.
It's not that the people in the village don't understand politeness or rules, but here in Longyou, because of the terrain, it looks close, but the straight line distance is not far. In fact, if you really want to go to that village, you still need to go up and down.
Go around in a big circle...
Zao Zhi originally thought that Jia Xu wanted to take him to see the local teaching situation or something.
Because it is obvious that the standards of these students in Longyou are quite low.
In the Han Dynasty, the counties with the highest academic level were Yuzhou, and then Jizhou. Jizhou was a little worse than Yuzhou, but the difference was not much. Then the second level was in the areas surrounding Jizhou and Yuzhou, such as Jingzhou, Youzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Yongzhou, etc.
, there are Sichuan, Sichuan and Hedong, and the third level is remote areas.
However, after Xiuqi took charge of Guanzhong, the academic level in Guanzhong has continued to rise. Now it can be said that it has not only caught up with Yuzhou and Jizhou, but even has a tendency to overtake it. Under such circumstances, normally speaking, the surrounding academic level
It will also be inspired. For example, in Hedong, there are obviously many more people studying than in the Zhongping period.
But in Longyou, it still seems to be a cultural desert area.
To be honest, Zao Zhi was actually a little annoyed. He was usually a very gentle person, but this time he came to Longyou to take the exam. He found that the students who came to Longyou to take the exam were much different from what he had expected before.
, it’s not at the same level at all!
Zao Zhi used to think that there are also outstanding students in Longyou. If those who went to Chang'an Sanfu and got better results were considered to be ten points, then those who took the local examination in Jincheng should also have seven or eight points.
It looks like, even if it doesn’t work, it should probably be five or six points?
But what Zao Zhi didn't expect was that the average level of these students who took the exam was only three or four points, the good ones were only five or six points, and those who were seven or eight points were really rare. If you choose carefully, you might only get one and a half.
This naturally made Zao Zhi feel a little angry.
Leaving aside other things for the time being, Zao Zhi wondered if these Longyou students did not have the attitude to study hard. Do they think that they could not learn well anyway, so they just studied casually and then took the test casually. If they were lucky enough to pass, it would not work.
If so, go home and farm and herd sheep?
Those outstanding Longyou students went to Chang'an Sanfu. Did the rest just give up on themselves?
So, does it make sense for the General Hussar to specially set up such an exam in Longyou Jincheng?
But after Jia Xu came here with Zao Zhi, he didn't say anything more. He just let Zao Zhi see for himself. Jia Xu didn't talk about the difficulties these students had in studying, because wouldn't it be difficult elsewhere? No.
The problem of the school palace not being built yet is because although there is a school palace in Hedong, Chang'an, there are many other places that do not have a school palace.
So Jia Xu just let Zao Zhi see the lives of these students. He told Zao Zhi that there were students from Longyou in the village.
But Zao Zhi didn't see anyone who looked like a student.
I only saw everyone in the village busy...
People in their prime, whether they are strong men or strong women, are naturally doing the most tiring farm work.
Those who are older are also busy doing various trivial matters.
Even half-grown children have no free time. They either help their elders or go to the mountains to chop wood and mow grass.
The younger children are responsible for taking care of the younger children.
The most idle ones are only the young children, those who are not very good at walking yet, smiling silly, rolling and playing on the ground.
Zao Zhi didn't quite understand what Jia Xu meant at first, but after looking at it for about an hour, he gradually understood it. He turned around and asked Jia Xu, "Among the Longyou villages, is this village considered to be superior or inferior?"
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Jia Xu shook his head and said: "There is no upper, middle or lower, there are only bad ones, and even worse ones... The village halfway up the road that is not close to the river is even worse..."
"Huh..." Zao Zhi sighed, "I kind of understand..."
